Your text authors note that it is important to placeconsideration of the specific meaning of a good life in the contextof

	a.	personality and genetic differences
	b.	differences in values and religious orientation.
	c.	different cultures and stages of lifespan development.
	d.	life events and availability of resources and opportunities.

According to your textbook authors, what is “new” and uniqueabout positive psychology is that it has

	a.	helped clarify the relative independence of the “good” and the“bad.”
	b.	shown the valuable lessons that can be learned from tragedy.
	c.	shown the health and happiness benefits of a positiveoutlook.
	d.	rejected psychology’s emphasis on the negative and replaced itwith an emphasis on the positive.

Relationship-enhancing and distress-maintaining attributionsdescribe two major differences in how close relationshippartners

	a.	respond to the distress of their partner.
	b.	communicate the need to talk about a relationship problem.
	c.	explain their own perceived role in improving therelationship.
	d.	explain the transgressions and faults of their partner.

The Signature Strengths Questionnaire was developed by Values inAction Project (VIA) researchers to measure 24 strengths ofcharacter. This questionnaire has been taken by over 350,000 peoplein 50 different countries. Analysis of character strengths profilessuggest that

	a.	people in widely different cultures share a common understandingof character strengths.
	b.	the meaning of character strengths varies widely acrossdifferent cultures.
	c.	the Signature Strengths Questionnaire contains a substantialWestern value bias.
	d.	gender, age, and social class have a substantial influence onpeople’s understanding of character strengths.